I will write this live report without breaks and without re-read what I wrote, because it is right in this way, because to see a Dan Vapid show is pure emotion and you can’t control the emotions.

I Buy Records has been present in 4 tour dates of the Dan Vapid & The Cheats Italian/Norwegian Tour that is still in progress ( I was at Friday and Sunday shows, Enri was at that ones on Saturday and Monday) and we both agreed that regardless of the condition of the band, regardless the dimensions of the stage or the setlist…a Dan Vapid’s show is always a punch in the stomach . If the band played every evening the same songs in the same venue in front of the same people I always go there.

Before talking about DV & The Cheats, I’ll do a brief on the band that opened the concert Seregno .

Friday’s concert was super cool, were open to the Mega. Energetic concert, half an hour of songs taken from the two albums; I don’t think it is a lie to say that it was their best gig where I attended. Good, very good .

Soon after it was the time of the first Tough gig with the new line with Robi replacing Stefaneno. I’m sorry for the change, but Robi has played very well considering the very short time and a few of rehearsals in order to prepare the event. As I already said to Chrisand Biso, in my opinion they could not find anyone better than Robi, in fact, exceeded the initial excitement , and definitely also a little bit of tension, they gave me the impression that they played together for a long time. In short, the future we expect only positive news. Stand up also for Biso that despite the otitis , he played fast as usual as a train!

About the gig in Imperia the Ratbones were the only band to open up the show. Because of conflict of interest and because basically I don’t care to talk about it, I won’t say anything about it. I just want to say that playing before Dan Vapid was the greatest satisfaction that I could reach into my “music career” if we could call it in this way.

The setlist during the two shows was basically the same – Imperia a bit shorter – divided into two main parts: the first one with songs of the first two albums of the Cheats, alternated with I was an Highschool Psychopath, Heart Out The Season and Heart of The City (cover recorded for The Methadones) , the second one focused mainly on songs written by Dan for the Riverdales, this time alternated with Say Goodbye To Your Generation and I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye.

Well honestly I can’t be neutral, I can’t say if they played well or if they played few songs of the Methadones and we wanted more, I can only say that Dan Vapid like few in the punk rock world can talk straight to the heart of people and make us empathize with his word, I think about songs like Back To You (I swear that

during their sound check I was fucking excited) , I Don’t Wanna Go to The Party or I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye… in a few minutes and a handful of words the summary of the life and emotions of so many of us. His CV as a musician, then, is incredible… if the credits of the best albums of Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Queers, etc. etc. list his name, there is a valid reason. We due a lot to this man.

At end of the concert in Imperia we talked for a while about books, music and movies and it was a nice surprise to notice we have many common interests. I even allowed myself to suggest to Dan to read some stuff of Dylan Thomas because he said to be a huge fan of John Fante ( he told me he had read four times my favorite book, Ask the Dust!) .

Finally he promised to come back to Italy next year. I don’t know what you think, but I started the countdown again .